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Lance M. Africk
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Senior status since October 1, 2024.
Confirmed 97 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- January 23, 2002
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 19, 2002
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 11, 2002
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 97 to 0
- Confirmed
- April 17, 2002
- Commissioned
- April 17, 2002
- Senior status
- Since October 1, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1951, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. James Gulotta, Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Judicial Circuit, 1975-1976
- Private practice, Louisiana, 1976-1977, 1980-1982
- Director, Career Criminal Bureau, Orleans Parish [Louisiana] District Attorney's Office, 1977-1980
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1982-1990
- Instructor, University of New Orleans, 1986-
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